Our plans are continuing to move forward for our children’s home in Kenya.
We are now in the process of clearing the land that will be the foundation for the children’s new home.
We will be visiting the area again in May to check the progress and to visit what we believe will be the 2nd and possibly the 3rd home as we have been offered the land in another area of Kenya and an established home that is needing a overseer.
God is opening more and more doors as we walk out this adventure in faith.
We are leaving our full time ministry job in 2 weeks and will be downsizing our lives to insure we can be available for God’s direction in our lives.
We desire your prayers as we move forward and thank you from our hearts for all the support you have given us.
Shining Star Children’s Home will be the first of many homes that will have different focus for the children of the world.
The first one in  Taita Hills will be ministering to the children who have been orphaned by AIDS or have AIDS themselves.
The second home in Kisii Kenya will have it’s vision in getting the children who have been trafficked as sex slaves on the street and rescuing them.
I have a project cost for the home in Taita Hills which I will attach for your information.
Should you desire to help, you may help by donating to our account in Paypal or by sending a check to
Open Heaven Missions
2371 Shining Star Way
Redding California 96003
More to come soon…pictures and more plans
Openheavenmissions.com

Much love,
Pastors Rick  & Debbi

Shining Star Children's Home Projected  Costs  (Taita Hills Kenya)
Furnishings
Item	Quantity needed	price per unit	total price	% complete	size/brand
Water tank	5	120	600		150 gal
bunk beds	25	200	5,000.00	10%	twin
bunk mattress	50	75	3,750.00		twin
cooking stove	4	149	596		biofit
cooking pot	10	59	590		set with lids
sheet sets	70	15	1050		twin set
blankets	60	20	1200		polyester fil
pillows	60	5	300		microfil
dishes	100	1.5	150		plastic
serving dishes	20	5	100
storage chests	50	65	3250		4 drawers
dining tables	10	208.34	2083.4		picnictables
chairs/plastic	100	5	500		alibaba.com
			19169.4
Construction
Project	Labor	Equiptment rental	Material	Total	projected time needed
Land Clearing	7,000.00	650		7,650.00	Oct-12
Foundation	6,500.00	1,200	12,000	19,700.00	Jan-13
and
Building
Landscaping	500	250	2,000.00	2750	Mar-13
Plumbing	2500	600	4,500.00	7600	Jan-13
Electric	2000	300	5,000.00	7300	Mar-13
				45,000.00
			Furnishings	19169.4
				64,169.40	Total projected cost

Back From Kenya

UPDATE SEPT 14, 2012 Back from Kenya We returned home after 26 hrs of travel and logging 36,000 air miles. Our trip was amazing and we are forever changed. Read below for just a few testimonies of our time. We arrived in Nairobi late evening on the 28th of August. Met by our two special pastor friends we headed out to our guesthouse, which would be home for the next two, and half weeks, except for the two side journeys we would make Everything intact in our room and our entire luggage with us, we feel blessed. Our trip to Taita Hills was an adventure never to be forgotten. We have had our children’s home in our heart for many years. “Shining Star Children’s Home” will have its first location right outside of Wundangi town in the Taita District of Mbale. As we viewed the land, not knowing what to expect, we found it like the Promised Land, flowing with fruit trees, sugar cane, bananas, avocados, and every imaginable food. And such beauty. Right in the side of a mountain that has a view for miles. We were happy and blessed. We will be working with Pastor Nobby Mswalli who pastors a church in Nairobi as well as a small church here in Mbale. Our blessing continues as we receive news that land is now going to be donated! PTL So the 35+ children who are scattered in various homes waiting for us to build will not have long to wait. Land is now ready for clearing and we will begin work immediately. Our projected cost for clearing, legal papers, building, and furnishing is 50,000. USD. We do not foresee any challenges and know this will be a prototype for many more “Shining Stars” in many other countries. We will be including in our plans training and trips for youth and adults to come and see, minister and love on the children. Not only the children of the home(s) but we are currently helping feed 75+ street children in Nairobi, Kenya and wish to build that to more locations. These children are not beggars, they just do not have enough food in their house to eat, so sometimes they get fed and sometimes they do without. They are some of the sweetest children you will ever meet and we hope many of you reading this will become a part and travel with us on one of our upcoming trips. Our vision is big and we are committed to bringing it to pass. Our journeys continued throughout the weeks we were in Kenya, with visiting and ministering in a Nairobi orphanage, (notice our “orphanage” will be called a “Home” and our “orphans” will be ”children”.) We held an open air crusade for four nights and saw many healings, miracles, and deliverances at Jubilee Praise Center the church that call’s us “mom and dad”. We had amazing testimonies of what God did during the meetings. We came home with renewed vision and anticipation for all God is going to do and starting our plans for building!! Hope you will be a part!!!